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Digging into the research, knowledge and expertise at Manchester Metropolitan University, to explore the world around us.

    MetCast Special Episode: UEFA Euro 2024

    MetCast Special Episode: UEFA Euro 2024

    In this special UEFA Euro 2024 episode of Metcast, we spoke to top English referee Anthony Taylor, ahead of the tournament in Germany, about his preparations at the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport.In the weeks before the tournament where he is one of 19 referees officiating - and part of a cohort of eight English officials in Germany - he made use of the Institute's world-class facilities and expertise to complete acclimation training to help ensure he is in peak p...

    • 10 min
    MetCast May 2024

    MetCast May 2024

    In the May edition of MetCast, we continue our 200-year celebrations focusing on how Manchester Met is harnessing imagination to drive innovation for creative excellence.In this edition, we hear how using design to develop a storytelling game has helped to boost the confidence and wellbeing of people with dementia. We also explore how cutting-edge technology has played a key role in a captivatingtheatre performance. Finally, we find out how a researcher has taken their art in a dif...

    • 25 min
    MetCast - April 2024

    MetCast - April 2024

    In the March edition of MetCast, we continued our 200 year celebrations and focused on how we are transforming health, helping people to live longer, healthier and happier lives. In this edition, we continue that theme and start with how we are closing the gender health gap, through a pioneering collaboration that aims to help people with endometriosis communicate their pain more confidently and effectively.We also meet Olivia, who graduated last year from the Manchester Fashion Institu...

    • 29 min
    MetCast March 2024

    MetCast March 2024

    On this month’s episode, we focus on how we transform health: helping people to live happier, healthier and longer lives. We look at how we are leading the way for new life, through IVF. We meet Alexandra and Luke, to learn about their IVF journey and find out more about our exclusive NHS partnership to train reproductive scientists. Continuing our health theme, we investigate the ground-breaking research that helps us understand more about Parkinson’s disease. We speak to expe...

    • 32 min
    MetCast February 2024

    MetCast February 2024

    In this month’s episode we’re looking at the ways Manchester Met drives economic growth. It’s our 200-year anniversary and we’re celebrating two centuries of supporting innovation and progress through excellent education and research.Key to that is boosting skills, increasing employability, and supporting wider prosperity by helping businesses get off the ground, and thrive.We discover how a Manchester Met graduate’s fabulous new fashion business has been helped by our start-up incubator Inno...

    • 22 min
    MetCast January 2024

    MetCast January 2024

    On this month’s episode, we look at a very special celebration – 200 Years of Manchester Metropolitan University. With roots dating back to 1824 at the Manchester Mechanics Institution, our bicentenary gives us the opportunity to reflect on two centuries of proudly driving progress and transforming lives. We recently kicked off the celebrations with a fantastic light display across the city. We’ll also be looking to the future and how the University is Driving Economic Growth: starting w...

    • 36 min

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